HOUSTON (CBS Houston) According to officials with the Houston Police Department, charges have been filed against a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing of a man on Saturday.

The suspect,28-year-old Demarcus Jarrell Moses is charged with murder and stands accused in the death of Howard Rankins, 59. The victim reportedly suffered multiple stab wounds and died at the scene.

Demarcus Jarrell Moses(credit: Houston Police Department)

Authorities with the HPD Homicide Division offered more details of the crime: “Moses approached the apartment where Mr. Rankins had recently been staying with an acquaintance. Moses knocked on the door and was met by Rankins, who was armed with a shotgun. Moses saw the shotgun, then crawled onto an adjacent balcony from the front porch of the upstairs apartment. Rankins went back inside the apartment and confronted Moses at a sliding glass door next to the balcony. Moses, using a knife, began to smash through the glass door. As Rankins tried to keep Moses from entering, he was stabbed several times and collapsed on the balcony. Moses then stabbed Rankins several more times until Rankins became unresponsive.”
“Moses then entered the apartment and was seen by responding HPD patrol officers, cleaning a wound he sustained during the stabbing. Moses was taken into custody by HPD officers as he left the apartment. Officers then found Rankins lying on the balcony. HFD paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced Rankins dead,” added HPD.